Alumni

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Alumni community

Welcome

The INSEAD alumni network is robust, diverse and globally connected to an extent few institutions can boast. With more than 50,000 Alumni distributed across 172 countries with 157 nationalities, our Alumni are citizens of the world, understanding how to balance local and global perspectives, and have “experienced the world as it ought to be” as one graduate claimed. This aspect of the INSEAD culture is very powerful and valuable in the 21st Century. In this smaller, connected world, it is critical that leaders view the world as a whole, and think and act both locally and globally. This has been part of the INSEAD culture for over 55 years.

At INSEAD, "diversity is not a synthesis. It's a genuine, continuous and spontaneous series of encounters." We hope you will enjoy your encounters with our alumni community in the following pages.

Joanne SHOVELLERASSOCIATE DEANADVANCEMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS

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Our global Network

The INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA) was founded by alumni in 1961. It represents all INSEAD alumni and acts as its spokesperson towards the various stakeholder groups of INSEAD. The IAA is an umbrella organisation, co-ordinating the many national alumni associations (NAAs).

Currently there are 47 National Alumni Associations (NAA) representing 50 countries across the world. The purpose of the NAAs is to support its members throughout the world with a comprehensive and wide range of professional and social activities to nourish the network and to promote INSEAD.

ALUMNI NEWS AND STORIES

DEAN’S EDITORIAL: INNOVATING IN SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION

By Ilian Mihov

Dear alumni,

At INSEAD, we often talk about how “entrepreneurship is in our DNA.” That sentiment is backed by data: More than half of INSEAD graduates — about 53 percent — participate in some type of entrepreneurial venture in their career. Considering that there are more than 50,000 INSEAD alumni, that adds up to a remarkable number of innovators spread across the globe.

This high level of engagement in entrepreneurship makes perfect sense for a place like INSEAD.

DRIVING A MEDICAL REVOLUTION

By Rachel P. Farrell

In December 1998, when Justin Gover was preparing to graduate from INSEAD and take a job with a large pharmaceutical firm, he received an offer that changed everything.

The offer came from Dr Geoffrey Guy, founder of the biotech company where Justin previously worked, Ethical Holdings. Dr Guy flew to the Europe campus to tell Justin that he was starting a new company — one that researched the medicinal properties of cannabis to develop novel prescription medicines. He asked Justin to join him in building the company from scratch.

DEAN’S EDITORIAL: INNOVATING IN SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION

By Ilian Mihov

Dear alumni,

At INSEAD, we often talk about how “entrepreneurship is in our DNA.” That sentiment is backed by data: More than half of INSEAD graduates — about 53 percent — participate in some type of entrepreneurial venture in their career. Considering that there are more than 50,000 INSEAD alumni, that adds up to a remarkable number of innovators spread across the globe.

This high level of engagement in entrepreneurship makes perfect sense for a place like INSEAD.

DRIVING A MEDICAL REVOLUTION

By Rachel P. Farrell

In December 1998, when Justin Gover was preparing to graduate from INSEAD and take a job with a large pharmaceutical firm, he received an offer that changed everything.

The offer came from Dr Geoffrey Guy, founder of the biotech company where Justin previously worked, Ethical Holdings. Dr Guy flew to the Europe campus to tell Justin that he was starting a new company — one that researched the medicinal properties of cannabis to develop novel prescription medicines. He asked Justin to join him in building the company from scratch.